February 23rd, 20150Kuala Lumpur: In a switch between subsidiaries Petronas has sold five LNG carriers being built at Hyundai Heavy Industries to its shipping line, MISC, for $1.1bn. the...
February 21st, 20150Oslo: Oil and LNG terminal operator Klaipedos Nafta and Bomin Linde have signed an MoU on LNG bunker fuel. Germany’s Bomin Linde LNG will work together with...
February 20th, 20150Shanghai: Despite all the bluster surrounding China’s LNG demand, a study by Russian newswire Interfax shows that China used just over half its LNG regasification...
February 20th, 20150Jakarta: Indonesia’s third LNG importing terminal is set to open shortly with the imminent arrival of the 146,000 cu m Tangguh Towuti vessel. The converted facility at...
February 18th, 20150Mumbai: GAIL India Ltd has scrapped a tender that would have led to the construction of three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers at Indian shipyards. The...
February 17th, 20150Oslo: Singapore headquartered BW LPG has announced on Oslo Bors today that it has signed a debt facility agreement for up to $400m for the financing of seven VLGC...
February 17th, 20150Jakarta: Indonesian firm PT Perusahaan Pelayaran Equinox has paid Golar LNG $135m to buy the 2005-built LNG carrier, Golar Viking. The ship has been renamed Salju and...
February 17th, 20150Singapore: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has announced that it has secured new orders from JHW Engineering & Contracting, a subsidiary of JACCAR Holdings who own Evergas,...
February 13th, 20150Tokyo: Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), via a joint venture shipowning company with Itochu Corporation, has secured charter agreements with Germany’s E.ON for a new European...
February 12th, 20150Athens: One of Stealthgas’ major shareholders has told the chairman of the board that the LPG carrier owner must enhance shareholder value. Daniel H Abramowitz,...
February 12th, 20150Jakarta: Indonesian state-run energy giant is looking to save up to $100m a year by switching its crude oil and LPG shipping to free on board (FOB) rather than cost and...
February 12th, 20150Mumbai: In order to meet the growing market demand for natural gas on India’s western coast, the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has floated a tender for the development of a...
February 11th, 20150Dubai: Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Co (Gasco) and Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co (ADGAS) have awarded some $1.6bn worth of contracts to expand the country’s natural gas...
February 6th, 20150Mumbai: L&T Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Mumbai-based engineering colossus Larsen & Toubro, is in talks with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries to...
February 6th, 20150Oslo: The only way is up for the LNG shipping sector. That’s the view of the ceo of Norway’s Awilco LNG, Jon Skule Storheill, who admits current trading conditions...
February 4th, 20150Doha: Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) has celebrated its 100th LNG carrier repair at the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Qatar. Abdullah Fadhalah...
February 3rd, 20150Oslo: In a move to reduce operating costs Flex LNG has told Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries to postpone the delivery of its two LNG carriers. Deliveries have been...
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